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Tag Archives: embroidery
Tall Year Square Etui – Nearly There!
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Tall Year Square Etui, it’s a design by Betsy Morgan which I’ve been working on for what seems like ages! Well I finally feel I’m almost there!! Three weeks ago I … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Stitch-a-long
Tagged Betsy Morgan, embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Tall Year Square
18 Comments
Tall Year Square Etui SAL
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my progress on this Betsy Morgan project, I’ve been busy with Christmas makes but I have managed a bit of stitching. Three weeks ago I was here… I’d just started the lid … Continue reading
Christmas Snowflake
Last month I needed to make something for the Christmas Decoration Swap organised by Deborah of Sweet Fallen Angels, it had to be a surprise so hence no spoilers on here! It took me a while to think what to … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafts, embroidery, Serendipity
Tagged Christmas Decoration, embroidery, Snowflake
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A Bird in the Hand…
I was a little bit behind with My Splendid Sampler 2 quilt-a-long so I decided to do a bit of catch up. This is the quilt-a-long organised by Pat Sloan and Jane Davison, there’s a new 6″ block released each … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity, Splendid Sampler Quilt
Tagged applique, embroidery, Quilting, Splendid Sampler 2
25 Comments
Tall Year Square Etui SAL
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Tall Year Square Etui, it’s a design by Betsy Morgan which was published in Classic Inspirations. Each side represents a different season, I’m using different threads to the instructions, so I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged Betsy Morgan, embroidery, Tall Year Square
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Back to Front
I took the last two pages of my stitch sampler with me on my walk last week, well I knew I would need something to do in the evenings when we collapsed in a heap. So as we walked from … Continue reading
A Pair of Smalls for Skipton
My Embroiderers Guild are stitching a panel all about Skipton (where we are based) so there are embroideries of the main buildings, some to represent areas, all surrounded by a square representing the home town of each member. I volunteered … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity
Tagged embroidery, Pudsey Bear, Skipton Embroiderers Guild
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A Butterfly Flutters By…
Last Saturday I set off early to negotiate a two bus journey over to Halifax, it took over one and a half hours, it would have been much quicker by train I think if they hadn’t been on strike! It … Continue reading
Friday Photo Challenge
Today’s photo challenge from Postcard from Gibraltar is a fairly easy one for me as the theme is stitch. I think choosing which stitch photo is probably more of a challenge, I’ve got a few to choose from… This is … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Photo Challenge, Serendipity
Tagged #postcardfromgibfridayphoto, embroidery, Friday Photo Challenge, stitches
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Silken Strata Cushion
I’m a bit behind with my posts at the moment, August seems to have been a lot busier than usual with short trips away, family visiting and days out, there’s no sign of life quietening down until mid September if … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Home, Serendipity
Tagged embroidery, Making Cushions, Silken Strata
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